{"id":2395,"date":"2026-08-02T18:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.wcrf.com\/?page_id=2395"},"modified":"2026-09-10T23:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:43:08","slug":"mark-d-calcara-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/?page_id=2395","title":{"rendered":"Mark D. Calcara"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2395\" class=\"elementor elementor-2395\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf77e87 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf77e87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-666f027\" data-id=\"666f027\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7609f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7609f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f14cabc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f14cabc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e33fe80\" data-id=\"e33fe80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bc264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e6bc264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4172b97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4172b97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bbbda6\" data-id=\"5bbbda6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1b84c5 elementor-widget-widescreen__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1b84c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1288\" height=\"1288\" src=\"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260311_MarkDCalcara-4_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2253\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260311_MarkDCalcara-4_web.jpg 1288w, https:\/\/wcrf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260311_MarkDCalcara-4_web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcrf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260311_MarkDCalcara-4_web-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wcrf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260311_MarkDCalcara-4_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wcrf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260311_MarkDCalcara-4_web-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1288px) 100vw, 1288px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dae5e6\" data-id=\"9dae5e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3eb90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2e3eb90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db5b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7db5b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mark D. Calcara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0b7007 elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b0b7007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-briefcase1\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Business Law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-planting\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Agricultural Law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-map\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Estate Planning<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-bank\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Banking Law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-light-bulb\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Utility and Energy Law<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08c19fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08c19fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbbe80e\" data-id=\"fbbe80e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11f965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d11f965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Experience:<\/strong> <br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Calcara has over forty-five years of experience in the practice of law with emphasis in the areas of estate planning, business, banking, utility and agricultural law. With a Masters in Business Administration, he has the unique ability to apply both his business and legal education to address his clients&#8217; business challenges. Mr. Calcara has the ability to understand the needs of business in a way most legal practitioners rarely are able. He is adept in meeting clients&#8217; business objectives within the framework of the law. Mr. Calcara believes clients need and deserve a legal counsel who is a facilitator, not an obstructionist, when it comes to solving their problems. This client-oriented approach is the strength of his practice and client satisfaction.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His approach is the same to all legal matters which enables him to comprehensively address the needs of clients in their estate planning, farm operations, medical practices and other areas of advice. The combination of his adept legal skills and client centered approach makes him a valuable business partner and appreciated family advisor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Special Distinctions:<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washburn University School Law Journal, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Past Member of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kansas State University Alumni Board, Past Board Member of the Great Bend Coop; Past Chairman of the Golden Belt Community Foundation; Past Chairman of Great Bend <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chamber of Commerce; and Outstanding Chamber of Commerce Member, Past Chairman of the Great Bend Economic Development, Inc.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Professional Associations, Boards, and Commissions:<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barton County and Kansas Bar Association; Kansas Association of School Attorneys; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kansas Association of School Boards.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Education and Bar Administrations:<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B.S. in Business, 1971, Kansas State University; M.B.A., 1975, University of Southern Mississippi; J.D., 1978, Washburn University; Admitted to Practice in Kansas and the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, 1978. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-baeec8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"baeec8c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b24873f\" data-id=\"b24873f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162e724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"162e724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark D. Calcara Business Law Agricultural Law Estate Planning Banking Law Utility and Energy Law Experience: Mark Calcara has over forty-five years of experience in the practice of law with emphasis in the areas of estate planning, business, banking, utility and agricultural law. With a Masters in Business Administration, he has the unique ability to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2395","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2395"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651,"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions\/2651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wcrf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}